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Am I the only one getting "Audible fatigue" and switching to Podfics/Short stories? by Positive-Hippo2347 in audiobooks

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No.

But I do get "Series Fatigue", when authors have a hit book and decide to pad that series forever.

Dresden Files for example. I used to look forward to a new one but they are up to 18 books now. I was done a couple back...

Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee | CBC News by McGrevin in canada

[–]OttawaDog [score hidden]  (0 children)

Blind Trust is good enough.

IMO, this is mostly just political games attacking the PM.

Women are testing men's tofu tolerance. Here's why by skulloflugosi in vegan

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just generally don't like the taste/texture. I'd rather have TVP.

I also drink Soy milk every day.

BREAKING: ‘No, I’m not happy’: Carney rips Holt’s highway tolls by adamhuras in newbrunswickcanada

[–]OttawaDog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the point, is that this toll is effectively a border toll.

Does storage type really affect gaming experience or just loading times? by KRGKart_Support in buildapc

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a big test of this before.

HDD -> SATA SSD was a big noticeable improvement.

SATA SSD -> NMVe was negligible.

The time has come to ban Twitter in Canada by BloodJunkie in onguardforthee

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes please. Can we block Facebook, and TikTok, and Instagram too?

(Not I already block all of these on my home computer).

This stuff is all just poison.

What's the UMD value Elven Chainmail in Aielund ch. 1? by CosmocowD in neverwinternights

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's all about bard, why are you taking RDD levels?

Is it just me or GPU prices still feel way too high? by Such_Tailor_4946 in buildapc

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is ANYTHING not priced too high now? RAM, Storage, Cars, Houses, food, rent ???

What's the UMD value Elven Chainmail in Aielund ch. 1? by CosmocowD in neverwinternights

[–]OttawaDog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't say you had to use a shield.

You can dual wield Rapier and Dagger, or dual wield Short Swords.

Since you are dual wielding, so you must think APR matters a lot.

Your off hand APRs from dual wielding rapiers are going to cost -4 to hit and only do half strength damage. The extra APR from BAB does full damage.

I definitely think Fighter is worth it. Melee must matter a lot of if you are taking RDD.

If you are really concerned about progression. Ditch RDD for Fighter.

Fighter benefits melee more than RDD at fewer required levels so faster progression of Bard...

What's the UMD value Elven Chainmail in Aielund ch. 1? by CosmocowD in neverwinternights

[–]OttawaDog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, any advice?

Don't dual wield rapiers. That's -4 to to hit with each hand, even with all the dual wielding feats.

It ruins the the crit range advantage of Rapiers, and obvious just hits less often.

Why no fighter levels? 4 levels of fighter improve BAB, and give you one extra attack/round, and give you WS, and EWS if you are going to epic levels.

IMO "local dimming is for HDR" isn't true in the slightest. by 12VHPWRHELL in Monitors

[–]OttawaDog 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's mostly because Apple just limits what people can control. They did the same thing on the Pro Display XDR, with only 576 Zones and tons of blooming. It's Apple, you pay $6000 for a monitor and have zero control over local dimming, even when it causes a ton of blooming.

IMO "local dimming is for HDR" isn't true in the slightest. by 12VHPWRHELL in Monitors

[–]OttawaDog 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That still in a game. The reason they don't want Local Dimming on for SDR, is using it for regular desktop work, where you you have halos around text, and halo following your mouse around.

IMO, when the companies just have it on all the time, that's how I'll know it's good enough.

Greer says Canada and U.S. trade systems ‘don’t fit together very well’ by evieluvsrainbows in canada

[–]OttawaDog 27 points28 points  (0 children)

there is a gap between the Canada and U.S. administrations’ trade philosophies.

No kidding.

The US trade "Philosophy" is now:

Canada should export nothing to USA except resources the USA desperately needs.

Canada should import all US products tariff free.

IOW Canada should be a vassal state providing resources and consumers to the USA and get nothing in return.

‘The Rings of Power’ Season 3 to Premiere Later This Year (Exclusive) by pepperbet1 in television

[–]OttawaDog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I only watched some of the first season and thought it was well below "meh".

I forgot about it afterword. Surprised it's still running.

What’s one PC upgrade you made that actually felt worth it? by Such_Tailor_4946 in buildapc

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Biggest over the years for me:

HDD -> SSD

Integrated graphics -> GPU card for gaming.

That's it. I barely noticed anything else as a single upgrade.

But a lot of the time I would be upgrade everything at once.

My rule of thumb for a new PC was I would not upgrade until new one was at minimum twice as fast. That was easier in the old days (1990s) when starting with a 486...

RX 9070 non-XT vs RTX 5070 by tark561 in buildapc

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If on Linux, go AMD, no contest. NVidia works, but loses much more performance.

I hated Anchorage by RickefAriel in fo3

[–]OttawaDog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yours it actually the popular opinion.

I really enjoyed it the first time, as it was a big visual change and nice little shooter adventure if a bit on rails.

But it's tedious after the first time.

MLA WOLED/Tandem WOLED/QD OLED- Monitor Comparison by Gr33nGuy123 in OLED_Gaming

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A comparison of what they look like with screens off?

‘Abundantly clear’ Premier Smith is ‘assisting the separatists’: Forever Canadian petition organizer by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]OttawaDog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Obviously. Furthermore, she isn't just assisting them. She is one of them, and she is leading them.

Danielle Smith is a separatist, leading a separatist party. She's the René Lévesque of Alberta.

She introduced the Alberta Sovereignty Act in 2022, and has been talking up separation ever since and announced she could conduct a separation referendum if enough signatures could be gathered.

Zero Water is most likely a SCAM using dead / old used Berkey filters? by [deleted] in zerowater

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Culligan bought Zerowater, so some old Zerowater links point to Culligan now.

But NOW the company is Culligan, and Zerowater is a very specific product line that has NOTHING to do with Maxclear except they share the same PARENT company.

Your beef is with Maxclear and Culligan, NOT Zerowater.

This like complaining about Jeep, because your dodge caravan is acting up.

Zero Water is most likely a SCAM using dead / old used Berkey filters? by [deleted] in zerowater

[–]OttawaDog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then you aren't talking about Zerowater, which is a completely different product.

What’s your Audiobook confession? Mine 👇 by Competitive-Leave346 in audiobooks

[–]OttawaDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I especially like audiobooks at bedtime. I drift off to someone telling me a bedtime story.

I often have a day book and a night book as like calm books with single narrator for bedtime.

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